Word: milkmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tapped the young and the restless, the men and women who were most frustrated with President Bush's do-nothing approach to domestic policy. In the Bush White House, they were known as the Underground, the muscular and instinctive politicians who were more libertarian and diverse than the milkmen on whom the elder Bush relied. And they chafed during the late 1980s and early 1990s as the Republican Party alienated women and minorities. "This is the revenge of the deputies," says a veteran Bush aide. "These are the idealists who wanted to do more...
...Dead Milkmen. With O Positive and Machinery Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Avalon, 15 Lansdowne St., Boston. Call 931-2000 for tickets and more information...
After two decades in the shade of the local 7-Eleven, lo and behold, milkmen are making their rounds again. Customers ranging from affluent suburbanites to working mothers are paying up to $1.99 per half-gallon for milk delivered to their doorsteps. Since the Palm Beach Milk Co. opened in May with 200 customers, it has added 800 people to its routes, and it expects to tack on | 500 more this fall. Welsh Farms in Long Valley, N.J., estimates that about 25% of its business now comes from home delivery...
...main reason for the modest upsurge in men in white is the pressure on two-income families with little time for shopping. The traditional reusable glass milk bottles delivered to the doorstep also please environmentally conscious customers. The new breed of milkmen have a lot of doorsteps left to visit: despite their return, says the United Dairy Industry Association, less than 1% of all milk sold in the U.S. is currently home-delivered...